Some of the predictions made here seem to be panning out:ODOT Pulling Up Cable Barriers On Tulsa Highway

It was just two years ago that ODOT spent $600 thousand dollars to install the cables and now they plan to pull them up"The plan now is to go in and take the cable barriers out of this area, recycle all the materials and put it up on a different project north on Highway 169," said Kenna Mitchell, ODOT Spokesperson.http://www.newson6.com/global/story.asp?s=12562624

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That video was something, at least it kept the bus from crossing into on-coming traffic. Kansas started using that cable system and they claim it works good, so now many other states are using it, indeed they are bad for a motorcycle rider no question about that. But they say it works fine to keep vehicles from going into on-coming traffic and they are less expensive than a cement wall.

Where did his SUV end up? It seems unlikely that you'd hit the barrier and roll multiple times without ending up in oncoming lanes.

I-40's lanes are pretty well-separated from just east of OKC to Henryetta with a few exceptions. I've not looked at a Google map of the accident site though. Aside from that, assuming it did end up in on-coming lanes, the barriers as well as the roll-over would have absorbed quite a bit of energy before the vehicle could launch across the median.

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I saw this story on one of the big three tonight. There was some noise about 'bald tires' and 'not enough money to repair a seat belt'. However that hasn't been confirmed from what I understand.

The Okfuskee sheriff says the seat belt was working two weeks ago when he drove the Tahoe. He also produced a receipt from where three tires were installed on Aug. 30. Of course that leaves the possibility they didn't replace the left front or perhaps there was a blister on the new tire. They said fire damage has made it hard to determine the condition prior to the crash.

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